(batch) Cannot delete folder (Solved!)

[daedalus123]

Hiyas

I made a batch file to delete the "Links" folder in IE:

RD /s /q "%USERPROFILE%\Favoriter\Länkar"

Favoriter\Länkar = "Favorites\Links" in english

But it returns the error "File not found", could this be because of the scandinavian characters in the folder name? Other folders with "normal" names are ok to delete.

Edited July 26, 2006 by daedalus123

[Yzöwl]

To fix the problem with the character, use this!

RD/S/Q "%USERPROFILE%\Favoriter\L„nkar"

You will of course have far more to do than this if you wish to remove that folder. That problem has been covered on more than one occasion within these forums, so I suggest you search appropriately if you have not yet done so.

[daedalus123]

When I copy that and paste it in Notepad the "weird" character turns out to ",," (without the quotes). And no, it doesn't work.

I got a hold of a friend that told me to use "CHCP 1252" in the batch and hooray, it worked.

Some googling shows that "CHCP 1252" converts it all to Unicode. http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/1999-02/msg00748.html

Problem solved (and yeah, I got the regtweaks to keep it from reappearing)

@echo off
CHCP 1252
RD /s /q "%USERPROFILE%\Favoriter\Länkar"
exit

Edited July 26, 2006 by daedalus123